TY - JOUR 
A1 - Arcas Lario, Narciso
AU - Munuera Alemán, José Luis
T1 - Determinant factors of satisfaction in the relationship between first and second order agricultural cooperatives
Y1 - 2002
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10317/685
AB - The integration in second-order cooperatives allows the first-order agricultural cooperatives to
complement their resources and capabilities, achieving a sustainable competitive advantage. The problems
associated with the creation, development and long-term maintenance of these partnerships, along with the lack
of research into this area, justify the realization of studies aimed at improving our understanding of the processes
and outcomes that characterize them. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to discover the factors which lead to
the success of these relationships, empirically measured through the satisfaction of first-order co-operatives with
the relationship. In order to achieve this, a suitable theoretical framework is established and an empirical study
undertaken, with information obtained from a survey of 190 Spanish first-order agricultural co-operatives. The
results obtained reveal that the contribution of the partnership to the first-order cooperative’s performance, its
trust and perception of fairness are critical antecedents of the level of satisfaction of the first-order cooperative
satisfaction with the relationship.
KW - Economía, Sociología y Política Agraria
KW - Marketing agrario
KW - Cooperativas agrarias de primer y segundo grado
KW - Satisfacción
KW - Factores de las relaciones interorganizacionales
KW - Factors interorganizational relationships
LA - eng
PB - European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE)
ER -